New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-22
SEEN IN "a HOSPITAL.
some Remark able Work Done With
surgeons Knives.

surgeons Knives.
A woman who was a private patient
for. several weeks in a Leading hospital
in this city consented to tell a reporter
some interesting facts in regard to the.
operations performed. They are re-
markable instances of medical and sur
gical skill. The lady was never in a
hospital before, and was quite curious
to observe the actions of patients, nur-
ses and surgeons. She had an inter-
esting experience with her next-door
neighbour, who was suffering from de-
mentia- The second night Of her stay
he jumped out of bed and ran into the
ward shouting s.Murder!" and '.Po-
lice!' until half the hospital was arous-
ed and nurses, and attendants. order
lies and doctors came rushing to the
scene. AS that weird cry of murder
rang and echoed through the long halls
and corridors the effect was remarka-
Bile. An engineer in one of the private
rooms, with crushed head and almost
senseless, ceased his low means of pain
and listened. He had been brought to
the hospital two days before after fall
ing down an elevator shaft and striking
on his head, sustaining an injury which,
upon examination, proved to be COM
pound fracture of the skull. A very
skillful operation was performed by the
attending surgeons. His brains were
entirely removed and broken pieces Of
the skull extracted, and the uninjured
portions of the brain returned to their
place. Even the little 6-months-old
babe brought there with club feet, now
Strengthened with brace and bandage,
ceased it's wailings of pain and listened
too. A little 3-year-old boy with a bro
ken leg, who had been moaning all
day and calling for his mother, hushed
his cries, and, clutching the bedclothes,
lay with wide-open eyes the remainder
of the night. In the woman's ward
was a poor creature who had fallen
from fourth-sto window. breaking
both legs, three ribs, and sustaining in
ternal injuries. The sound of the alarm
below partially aroused her from her
lethargy, and she began calling for the
little children who. were playing on the
floor of her tenement room when she
fell. Although everything was done
for her at the hospital, the poor wo-
man died the next day. The old man
was finally coaxed back to his room,
and the door locked this time to pre-.
vent another escapade.
cit is astonishing said the lady,
ito witness what is accomplished in
difficult surgery at the hospitals, even
in these days of scientific discoveries
and achievements. I'll should tell one
half of what saw and heard during
the three weeks of my stay 1 would
scarcely be believed. After almost cut
ting people to pieces and putting them
together again, and keeping them in
bed couple of weeks they turn them
out cured. And it is done so easily.
The simplest remedies possible and
system and regularity in every detail
are strictly observed. The service is
admirable. Only trained and exper
fenced nurses, male and female. are
employed, and then the convenience
and paraphernala are so perfect. The
ambulance comes and goes, and brings
patient after patient. II their injuries
are slight the wounds are dressed. and
they are sent away;if serious, they are
immediately taken to the operating
room, and from thence to the wards
No questions are asked, no gossipin!
is allowed, and one of the nurses said t.
me, when she thought l was tooinquis
tive: We are here to work and no
to talk.
"One day noticed unusual excite
ment among the orderlies, and m,
,;,.,> l.. 4
leave me for a couple of hours in CHI arg
of the nurse from the next ward. 1
middle aged gentleman suffering from
a cancer on his tongue had entered tn
hospital to be operated upon. Th
seriousness Of the case caused the hut
ter of excitement among the nurses
The scent of ether was in the air. an
we knew the new patient was being con
veyed to the operating-room. Two hour
past and he didnot return. Another hou
and the orderlies bore him to his room
The operation had been entirely sue
cessful. Some of the teeth were eS
tracted and the under jaw had to b
sawed apart in sections and turne
dowd over the neck, while about two
thirds of the tongue and roots were II
moved; then the separated jaw was re
united, the head and face bandaged
| and two hours after he was sleepin
Like baby.
''The service in a frst-class Hospital
it seems to me. is the best medical an
surgical skill that science can com
mand. The great benevolence an
self-denial with which the physician
,work in such institutions are to be &C
mired. | want to say to all that al
afflicted that to;be conveyed to hos
pital is by no means to be conveyed t
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